> > Maybe next time, if there is one, you can just try to restart ALSA > > rather than reboot. If ALSA restart doesn't work, then try some > > other things, I wouldn't know what, to see if you can get it going > > again. This is just a generic debugging method that I'll use in lieu > > of reboots. It sure helps to isolate where the problem might be, > > whereas a reboot obscures where the problem might be. > > yes I should try that - thanks :) I'm going to try recreating the problem > tonight. I'm not sure if I'll ever see it again or not... well I finally recreated the anomoly and yes I just tried restarting alsa instead of rebooting and it seems to have gone away...hmmm. the way I recreated it was by taxing the system a little - running like 8 instances of mplayer at once hmmmm
